Neighbors in forbidden land

"If we don't have any growth, then there is never a way to change this place."

I have lived here for such a long time, and I have never had the idea of ​​changing this place. It seems that the long time has changed everything in the world, but it has never left a trace on me.

But now, there must be something different. I am willing to change this land into what she wants for just one person.

So Yimi and I headed north.

For the sake of convenience, Yimi called the newly selected area the experimental area. According to her, this is our first step towards the future.

However, at the beginning of this so-called first step, I actually caught a goblin.

These existences that once wandered around the world will bring various influences to this world.

Different colors represent different types. I only remember that green ones seem to affect the surrounding airflow, blue ones can be found in the sea, and the red ones shining in my palm seem to radiate light and heat outward.

But this is all in the past, because after the day of disaster, I never saw them again.

I vaguely remember that goblins don't have the concept of "death" like anything else, but in that time when everything was turned to ashes by the heat wave, the goblins that were occasionally seen at that time all disappeared.

Since then, I have never seen little fairies except by the side of great fairy Lena.

But now, I found it, in this piece of land where there should be nothing.

In the palms of my two hands, there is a red light that flickers on and off just like the frequency of Yimi's breathing.

I thought about trying to get up, and it turned out that... I can't seem to get up without using my hands.

This, this is troublesome.

"Xiao Hei? What are you doing?"

Yimi behind me followed the sound of my fall, and the approaching footsteps made a crisp sound on the fallen leaves all over the ground. I quickly controlled my tail and swung it aside to avoid tripping Yimi.

"I... fell..."

"Falled? Why were you so careless..." After Yimi kicked my foot lightly to confirm my approximate position, she slowly circled to the front of me, "So...you are still planning to stay in front of me?" How long have you been lying on the ground?"

"I can't get up..."

"What's wrong with not being able to get up..." Yimi sighed softly, as if she couldn't understand my behavior, but she still squatted down slowly in front of me.

"I have something in my hand..."

I am lying on the ground right now, with my hands leaning on the ground and closing them together, holding the little goblin in my palms.

I don't really know if the goblin has fear or something like other animals and monsters, but I always feel that if I let go, the goblin will blow away like the wind.

"Something? What is it?" Yimi asked with a puzzled expression.

"A little elf... Yimi, didn't you say that you want to plant potatoes in the cave but there is no light? She can help." After listening to what I said, Yimi's small eyebrows frowned slightly, and her face turned pale. The confused expression became more obvious:

"How come you found a solution in just a few seconds after I finished speaking... and what's going on with this little goblin?"

"I just caught it. The goblin will glow and glow. Putting it in the cave can solve the problem you are worried about, Yimi."

I tried to raise my eyes slightly, and looked at Yimi who put her hands on her legs.

"Sometimes, Xiao Hei, your movements are really fast..." Yimi sighed softly, "But then again... you can get up even if you hold something in your hand, right? If you work with your legs to support your body, you will get up, why are you so stupid?"

The doubt on Yimi's face changed to a little joking, with a faint smirk on the corner of his mouth.

Being called stupid again...

"But... the elbow and the leg work together? Support the body?"

What do these mean?

I dare not ask.

"Xiao Hei... Forget it, I won't explain to you." After Yimi sighed softly, he tried to slowly stretch out his two hands, and finally grabbed my two arms. .”

"Uh... why... so hard?" I tried to peek at Yimi's reaction, and asked this question hesitantly.

"..."

"..."

"Okay, just leave it alone and I'll pull you up." Yimi's expression changed several times in an instant, but in the end she just sighed helplessly.

"Oh."

So Yimi moved closer to me, grabbed my arm with her hands, and pulled up my upper body.

It was only when I saw this that I realized that I had become lighter...

"Xiao Hei... now... can you get up by yourself..." But Yimi still seemed to be struggling.

But in this position, I can already stand up, as long as I move my legs.

I tried to straighten my legs and get up from the ground, and Yimi let go of my arms.

"Thank you Yimi." After all, I haven't learned how to switch from lying on the ground to standing without relying on my hands...

"You're welcome..." Yimi just turned her face slightly, and then said seriously, "So what exactly is the little fairy you're talking about?"

"That's it... Yimi, don't move, I'll let you feel it."

Because Yimi couldn't see, and I couldn't let her touch my hand directly, I had to slowly hand the palm wrapped in the goblin to Yimi's face.

"How, do you feel it?"

"Mmm... so warm." Yimi, whose expression gradually softened, nodded lightly, with a faint smile on her face.

"So just put this goblin in the cave."

"So Xiao Hei, the reason why you don't know how to get up is because you are holding this little fairy?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Then Xiao Hei, are you going to keep this posture?"

"..."

Oops, I didn't think of that.

I still need to dig the cave here, and I can't let Yimi, who will be injured by the heat of the little fairy, take it. "Give it to me." Yimi stretched out her hand to me.

"No, Yimi, you will be burned." I took a step back and put my hands on my chest.

Humans use fire, but are afraid of fire.

This point, I am very clear.

"...Then what are you going to do, Xiao Hei?" Yimi asked me with her right hand on her hip and her left hand outstretched.

"I don't know...or else put it aside—"

"Although I can't see...but this little fairy can move, right?" Yimi flipped her left hand and interrupted me with a chuckle, "You caught this, Xiao Hei, won't she run if you put it aside? ?”

"..."

"We don't have a cage here, and it's impossible to lock her up like a bird?" Yimi waved her hand lightly, "Now, Xiao Hei, you have other things to do. Since this is the case, it's better Let her go and find a way to catch her later?"

"Yimi, you..." I didn't expect Yimi to say such a thing.

"It's nothing strange..." Yimi raised her right hand and gently tugged at the strands of hair that floated in front of her, lowered her head slightly, and the smile on her face faded, "The birds raised in the palace I let them all go."

Ok?

Is this... something Yimi has done before?

"Unlike a dog that can run around in the yard... let go of a bird and it will fly away and never come back, but there is no happiness for a bird in a cage."

Yimi's smile seemed a little weak, but I seemed to be able to feel her faint heart from inside.

"That's why I left the palace and chose to come here with Xiao Hei."

Now Yimi showed that bright smile that I am familiar with, like the sun breaking through the clouds and shining on my face.

"understood."

Since this is Yimi's request.

I opened my hands, and the little goblin slowly floated up from my hands, flashing lightly.

A gust of wind blew past us, the sky was full of fallen leaves, and the skirts were flying.

The goblin also left my hand, and the residual heat gradually disappeared from my senses, and then——

She just kept circling around Yimi and me.

What's happening here?

"What's wrong? How do I feel..." A little confused, Yimi put her arms around her body, "Does the temperature around you fluctuate?"

"That little fairy... I let go, but she didn't go away..."

Even now, she doesn't seem to want to leave, she just dangles beside Yimi and me, shining red light like blinking.

"……So be it."

"……Um."

So we said so much and thought so much before, what is it for...

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So, I started to transform the land according to Yimi's instructions.

First of all, I need a place where the potatoes can be sheltered from the wind and rain. After Yimi chose a mountain, I began to dig caves according to Yimi's requirements.

When I started digging I found a small problem.The digging efficiency of this body is far lower than that of the original body... I have to stand on my tiptoes to barely dig a hole that is higher than Yimi.

I had no choice but to spread out my wings and waved my hands to expand the hole, throwing the excavated stones everywhere.

So I was buried.

I didn't expect that it would be so difficult to dig a cave with this body...I was actually buried by such a stone...

Today is different from the past... I remembered what Yimi said, probably referring to the current situation.

In this way, after spending more time than in the past, a cave finally barely took shape.

Although there are still some gravel falling from the roof of the cave...but it should be fine...

Then there must be water.

So I started from Yimi's choice of ground, and dug underground to get water as before. Of course, the speed was not as fast as when the huge body dug the hole before, so I had to dig down bit by bit.

So when I went down the hole I dug, I was buried again.

By the time I dug out of the pit with the spring water gushing out, I was covered in mud.

Yimi had no choice but to help me clean up my body in a hurry with her face flushed.

Later, I imitated the previous practice and led a circulating river ditch to the new cave for the convenience of watering in the future.

Then, we returned to the stronghold and moved the remaining potatoes here.

There are not many left, but if I want to carry them, I have to use my single wing to shovel up those potatoes and carry them. In this case, there is no way to fly.

Originally, I wanted to run over, but if this body runs in this posture, a fall is inevitable.

So, I had no choice but to let Yimi hold the potatoes, and I carried Yimi on my back to carry out the transfer.

"Xiao Hei, don't shake around...it's very annoying..."

So basically Yimi put the potato between my back and her body...

"That's right...then let me pay attention..."

"It feels like I'm dying...it's weird..."

My "feel" may be different from Yimi's, because my back is mixed with the touch of potatoes and Yimi's body, which is hard for me to distinguish.

I just don't know why Yimi's breathing seems a little heavy.

"Yimi, are you okay..."

"fine……"

"really?"

"Really... La... Hei Hei, be careful not to move around... The potatoes are about to fall!"

"Eh?"

In this way, amidst small twists and turns, Yimi and I successfully delivered the potatoes to the cave in the test area.

For some unknown reason, the little goblin never left us, and always wandered around our neighborhood.

But this is the case.

"Next, make a little plant ash to condition the soil."

"Plant ash... what is it?"

"Xiao Hei, you just need to pick some branches and leaves for me." Yimi simply ignored my question and sent me out. "I will tell you about the education time every night." Such a voice came from behind.

"Okay." After I agreed gently, I started to collect branches.

I can directly gather the broken branches and fallen leaves on the ground with my hands. In order to avoid insufficient quantity, I flew up and cut off some branches from the tree, and finally pulled them to Yimi's side.

At this time, I saw that little fairy floating on Yimi's raised fingertip!

"Yimi!"

"Xiao Hei, you are back, look, look, she seems to be floating around my fingers!" Yimi didn't notice my panic, but excitedly waved her other hand to me, beckoning me over, " I can feel the warmth around my fingers!"

At this time, I noticed that the light of the little goblin didn't seem to be as strong as before.

So the calories are also reduced... It seems that I can feel a little more at ease.

"Yimi... I found the branches and leaves..."

"The leaves are not needed...forget it, let me distinguish them." So Yimi walked to the pile of branches and leaves that I pulled over, squatted down, and fumbled to pick out the branches and put them aside.

During this time, the little goblin started to circle around again, and the red light on its body was obviously brighter.

Will it change...

After Yimi gathered the branches together in a pile, raised his hand and gently wiped the sweat on his forehead, he slowly told me about the next arrangement:

"Originally, I wanted to use the flint Wu Shao gave me... But it seems that I don't need it."

"Want to light a fire?"

"Of course, but now there seems to be a new method... Come here, come here~" Yimi stretched out a finger and waved it lightly, just when I was wondering what she was going to do——

The little goblin actually floated to Yimi's finger, and the light obviously dimmed again.

"..."

"How is it? Great? I tried it when you were looking for the branches, Xiao Hei, but I didn't expect that you could really call me over."

"……sharp."

I looked at the fiery red ball-like goblin fluttering around Yimi's fingers, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Can you actually understand what Yimi means...

"Then, please do me a favor." Saying so, Yimi put her finger into the middle of the piled branches, and then withdrew her hand.

I saw that for a moment, there seemed to be a brighter red light among the branches than ever before.

Then, the branches actually ignited just like that.